If VisualWeather reports are filling up a hard drive, what can be done?
If the computer’s hard drive is filling up, check the C:\Campbellsci\VisualWeather\sys\bin\ogs folder. This folder contains the communication logs created by VisualWeather, which can grow quickly. All of the files in this folder can be deleted. To delete the files, it may be necessary to stop VisualWeather temporarily to prevent some files from remaining open.
If the VisualWeather Reports folder (typically C:\Campbellsci\VisualWeather\Reports) is filling up with old reports, delete any reports that do not need to be saved.
To prevent automatic report creation, follow these steps:
- On the main VisualWeather screen, click the Reports menu and select Batch Reports….
- The Batch Report Schedule window will open. The batches listed here can be either manually run or run on a schedule. Batch reports are often used to add additional reports to a website generated by VisualWeather.
- The far right column of the table is labeled Next Report Time.
- If there is a time stamp in the cell of this column, then the report is being run automatically.
- If Manually Generated is displayed in the column cell, then the batch is only run when the Run button is clicked.
- For each listed batch report that is automatically run, select the report by clicking it.
- Click the Edit… button.
- The Batch Report Selection window will open. In the middle on the bottom, there is an area labeled Output As. These are the output options for the batch reports.
- The batch reports that have the Web option checked are transmitted to the designated website.
- The batch reports with the .bmp or .jpg boxes checked are created in the VisualWeather Reports folder. To prevent the batch from creating these reports when it is run, clear the .bmp and .jpg checkboxes.
- Click the Save Batch button.
If all the .bmp and .jpg checkboxes are cleared, no reports should be saved in the VisualWeather Reports folder unless a batch is manually run.
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